Our lawyers have a proven track record of obtaining some of the largest verdicts in the Baltimore-Washington DC area as well as throughout Maryland and Pennsylvania. In 2012, Attorney H. Briggs Bedigian was the lead attorney on two record-setting Baltimore medical malpractice cases that resulted in verdicts of $55 million and $21 million. In the last five years, Briggs has tried and won more medical malpractice trials than any other lawyer in the Baltimore-Washington DC area. Briggs’ record resulted in him being named Maryland Trial Lawyer of the Year 2012 by the Maryland Association of Justice (MAJ).
Results count at Gilman & Bedigian – but people matter more. Contact us today and schedule a free case evaluation. Call 800-529-6162. And best of all, you pay us nothing if you don’t win. That’s because we work on a contingency fee basis. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
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Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is different and past results are not a guarantee of reaching a favorable result in any future case.
Below are some of Briggs’ recent notable verdicts.
| JURY VERDICT | CASE |
| $55,000,000 | Medical Malpractice – Martinez v. Johns Hopkins Hospital |
| $21,000,000 | Medical Malpractice – Norfleet v. Harbor Hospital |
| $20,000,000 | Adcor Industries Inc. v. Beretta USA Corp. |
| $13,300,000 | Kenyetta Lewis v. Upper Chesapeake Medical Center |
| $5,360,000 | Medical Malpractice – Berger v.Chucker, M.D. |
| $4,200,000 | Medical Malpractice – Richard and Gail Dallatezza v. Charles L. Schnee, M.D. and Hennessy, Shuey, & Schnee, Chartered |
| $4,000,000 | Wrongful death – Drowning – Freed v. D.R.D. Pool Services |
| $3,500,000 | Medical Malpractice – Gomez v. University of Maryland Medical System |
| $3,000,000 | Birth-Injury – Uriah Evans, et. al. v. University of Maryland Medical Systems Corporation |
| $2,500,000 | Medical Malpractice – Williams v. Hemphill |
| $1,800,000 | Medical Malpractice – Sheldon v. University of Maryland Hospital |
| $1,400,000 | Medical Malpractice – Buttion v. Johns Hopkins Hospital |
| $1,400,000 | Medical Malpractice – Campbell v. Qureshi, M.D. |
| $1,200,000 | Fraud – Cator v. Ardin Logistics |
| $1,000,000 | Medical Malpractice – Pittman v. Mid Atlantic Cardiology |
| $675,000 | Medical Malpractice – Smith v. Greater Baltimore Medical Center |
| $450,000 | Medical Malpractice – Scriber v. Lima |
| $2,600,000 | Medical Malpractice – Sobo, et al. v. Vincent D. Hayes, M.D., et al. |
| $240,000 | Dog Bite |
| $350,000 | Auto Accident |
| $275,000 | Auto Accident |
| $250,000 | Premises Liability |
DISCLAIMER: These case results do not constitute a guarantee, warranty, or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter..
Jury awards $5.8M in wrongful death case against UMMS
Gilman & Bedigian is happy to report that a Baltimore City jury returned a 5.8 million dollar verdict in favor of a deceased patient and her surviving children in a medical malpractice case against the University of Maryland Medical Center. …
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We are pleased to announce that a Baltimore County jury today rendered a 20 million dollar verdict in a commercial litigation matter, Adcor Defense, Inc. v Beretta, USA, Inc. The matter in dispute was the defendant's willful misappropriation of Adcor's cutting edge design of a modern AR-15 rifle….
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Jury awards Plaintiff, Rachel Johnson, damages for past medical expenses in amount of $30,790.67 and non-economic damages in amount of $120,000.00. Counsel stipulated to cap of $100,000.00.
In Rachel Johnson's case, we fought hard again for a victim of personal injury. In Rachel's case, we had …
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January 2017
In the end, the Maryland Transit Administration had to pay the whole $170,000.00 that our client was awarded at trial, plus interest for the time that the MTA refused to pay (this is called post-judgment interest).
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May 2017
Here is an example of a case that our law firm took to trial in Baltimore in May of 2017 because State Farm Insurance refused to pay our clients anything after a rear end collision. Instead, the insurance company denied that its policy holder was responsible, and therefore that it was responsible for paying the claim.
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On December 10, 2015, a Montgomery County jury rendered a verdict against an emergency room physician, Vincent D. Hayes, M.D., and his employer, Emergency Medicine Associates, P.A., in a case involving the failure to recognize and treat an upper urinary tract infection that progressed to sepsis. …
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While a patient was under the care of his medical providers, he developed a bacterial infection at the site of his catheter because the catheter was not properly maintained by his doctors. Once the infection developed, the doctors overlooked the obvious signs of the infection. The patient develop…
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September 2014
The University of Maryland Medical System was ordered by a Baltimore City jury verdict to pay $3 million for committing medical malpractice during the delivery of a baby girl. On September 5, 2014, after a two-week trial, the verdict was rendered in the Plaintiff's favor. The obstetricians acte…
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June 2012
Mr. Berger developed colon cancer and died because his doctor negligently failed to order timely cancer screening during the course of 16 years. Dr. Chucker failed to perform proper colon cancer screening as laid out in guidelines from national health organizations. Instead, Dr. Chucker only did …
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May 2009
On May 22, 2009, Ms. Pittman died during a routine cardiac catheterization due to a deadly allergic reaction, as a result of her doctors' negligence. Ms. Pittman's doctors failed to provide appropriate clinical and diagnostic studies prior to her surgery that would have revealed Ms. Pittman's all…
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September 2007
On September 27, 2007, after an ankle injury from a fall off a ladder, Mr. Sheldon was flown by helicopter to Shock Trauma at the University of Maryland. After surgery to repair his broken ankle, and during his post-operative recovery, Mr. Sheldon developed an infectious disease at the site wound…
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November 2007
On November 21, 2007, Mr. Scriber died as a result of negligent management of his post-operative care following hip replacement surgery. Following surgery, Mr. Scriber was placed on anti-coagulation therapy to prevent blood clotting, which was required by the standards of care. His doctors acted …
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We took this case to trial. The trial lasted two weeks. In the end, a Baltimore City jury returned a record-setting verdict in Rebecca and Enzo’s favor, and awarded them $55 million. This was the highest jury verdict in a case like this.
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September 2002
On September 6, 2002, Ms. Norfleet was admitted into MedStar Harbor Hospital, when she was 32 weeks pregnant due to both mom and baby having high blood pressure. As a result, her doctor induced labor. During labor, the baby's oxygen levels plunged dangerously, which required a prompt cesarean del…
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A Maryland jury decided that neurosurgeon, Charles L. Schnee, M.D. and Hennessy, Shuey, & Schnee, Chartered committed malpractice by negligently managing a patient's post-operative care following surgery, which left 64-year old Richard Dallatezza a paraplegic.
Charles L. Schnee, M.D. and He…
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December 2015
On December 10, 2015, a Montgomery County jury rendered a verdict against an emergency room physician, Vincent D. Hayes, M.D., and his employer, Emergency Medicine Associates, P.A., in a case involving the failure to recognize and treat an upper urinary tract infection that progressed to sepsis. …
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